National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament Opens

The National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament got underway Monday evening. Picking up victories were Effingham St. Anthony, South Central, Altamont and Neoga.

The tournament continues Wednesday with South Central meeting St. Anthony at 4:30 p.m. followed by Altamont taking on Neoga at 7 p.m. at Paul Smith Field. In consolation bracket action Wednesday, Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick faces Dieterich at 4:15 and Brownstown/St. Elmo meets Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg at 7 p.m. at Evergreen Hollow Park.

St. Anthony 5, Dieterich 0

The two teams went scoreless until the fourth when the Bulldogs broke loose with three runs then tacked on two more in the fifth.

Dieterich outhit St. Anthony 6-4. A. Bohnhoff had three singles for the Maroons. St. Anthony was led by Utz with two singles and two RBI. Puckett had a single and an RBI while Jansen had an RBI.

At Paul Smith Field

St. Anthony          000    320    0    --    5-4-0

Dieterich              000    000    0    --    0-6-6

WP -- Bourgeois. LP -- Bohnhoff.

St. Anthony -- Lorenz, single; Jansen, 1 RBI; Puckett, single, 1 RBI; Utz, 2 singles, 2 RBI

Dieterich -- Bohnhoff, 3 singles; Campton, single; Thoele, single; Campton, single

South Central 3, Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 0

The Cougars tallied all three of its runs in the fifth inning to beat Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick.

Peters picked up the pitching win on a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts and three walks. Smith had two singles and an RBI for the Cougars while Harmeier and Ratermann had two singles each. Markley added a double.

The Cougars are now 12-3 on the season.

At Paul Smith Field

BCCKH                       000    000    0    --    0-1-2

South Central          000    030    x    --    3-8-0

WP -- Peters. LP -- Rexroad.

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Randall, single

South Central -- Smith, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Harmkeier, 2 singles; Ratermann, 2 singles; Markley, double

At Evergreen Park

Altamont blanked Brownstown/St. Elmo 5-0. The Indians tallied two runs in the second and three in the sixth.

Caden Miller picked up the pitching win on a five-hitter with no walks and nine strikeouts. N. Miller and K. Wolff had a double each. Guerrattaz had three singles.

BSE was led by Drake Hall with a single and double. BSE drops to 6-10 on the season.

At Evergreen Park

BSE                      000    000    0    --   0-5-2

Altamont            020    003    x    --    5-8-2

WP -- C. Miller. LP -- Hall.

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Horner, single; Hall, single, double; Kelly, single; Denton, single

Altamont -- N. Miller, double; Wolff, double; Finn, single; Guerrattaz, 3 singles; C. Miller, single; Hosick, single

Neoga 11, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 4

Neoga picked up a victory over Windsor/Stew-Stras at Evergreen Hollow Park. No other information was provided on the game.